Boo! Yep Im still alive!
So as you read last time I was getting sick.... well boy did I get sick, massive headcold which really knocked me for 6, partially I think because I havent been sick since 2009. So I spent friday and saturday at home in bed and was still sick sunday and monday.
Tuesday was my first day back at the gym and lucky me had a session in the morning with Dion.... who was also fasting before having his wisdom teeth out that afternoon...yayyyyyy.... could you sense my sarcasm??
Anybody who knows Dion knows how pleasent he is when he's hungry...
Im over exaggerating a little, he was fine. I however, was expecting an easy session, being still a little congested and having not trained and been bed ridden for 5 days. That was until I told him I had been sick and I literally saw the words I spoke come flying out his other ear and off in to space, then he told me we were training together. This in the language of Dion means Ill train you and at the same time I get to beat you up, ok?
So we trained, I gagged on mucus, got dizzy and cried. He beat me up.
It wasnt that bad although the above line is completely true. Although that all happened in the first 15 minutes, then I came good and we had a good session.
By Thursday I was feeling back to normal and really motivated again (woo hoo!!)
Now.... weigh in day.
After sitting on my ass for 5 days and no exercise I definitely expected to gain weight. But!
I lost 200 grams.... now I know I probably pee more than 200 grams in weight but when you're expecting to put on weight 200 grams is fantastic! And the way my week turned out Im expecting a great number this coming wednesday!!
This week was probably the first week I felt like my fitness had really improved. I am working nearly as hard in Body attack as I did pre pregnancy and Im starting to feel a lot stronger.... including push ups on my toes!! woo! To think Im still 10kg heavier than I was pre baby, imagine how hard I can train when this 10kg is gone?.....
Friday night I had an amazing sleep, felt like I was in a coma and it was the first time in a long time I woke up in the morning without an alarm, so my body was "ready" to wake up. Needless to say I jumped out of bed and began my day feeling fantastic! What better way to prepare for my Smashing Saturday Session?!!
This week Maddy had to train early so I was on my own....well kinda, I had my music ;)
So a little note to self....
Dont listen to drum n bass music when you go for a run or you'll run too fast, wear yourself out and give yourself blisters!!
I decided to make a Pendulum playlist with my favourite tracks, starting with "The island" dusk and dawn then leading into the big tracks like watercolour and voodoo people.... Was a good idea until there I was half way down valetta road running to the beat of "Watercolour" singing and fist pumping like a champion until I realised I was actually sprinting and still had around 700m to go!! But luckily "voodoo people" came on which kept me going and I finished the run in around 15 and a half minutes!!
See I told you all that you'd end up chasing me in the block run!! Hmmm could this be the week I attempt the 5km big block?? Hmmm If I get 5 people comment on this blog, Ill do it ;) Its up to you now....
Here are the recipes I promised from the last post.... just a little late, woops!
Healthy (and bloody tasty) chicken parmigiana
For 2 people...
whisk 2 egg whites for your crumbing. Crumb 2 chicken breasts by coating in a little bit of flour, dipping in the egg white and then coating with bread crumbs.
Pre heat oven to 180 degrees. Lightly spray a fry pan and cook chicken 3-4 mins each side until cooked.
Place chicken on a baking tray and spread with 'no added salt' tomato paste ( I like the "pizza" one, it has added herbs.
then spread a tablespoon of reduced fat ricotta on each piece of chicken. Bake in the oven for around 5 minutes.
Whilst its baking make a salad on each plate of spinach, basil, rocket, cherry tomatoes and cucumber.. lightly grate some parmesan on each salad (optional)... remember one tablespoon of parmesan is around 35 cal so use sparingly.
Top the salad with the chicken and then drizzle balsamic glaze over the chicken and salad.
mmmmmm yum!
Now this recipe Im making for dinner tonight this is one of my favourites to make when I am at the gym of a night as its really quick.
Beef, brocolini and bok choy stirfry.
Once again for 2 people.
Cook a rump steak approx 220-250gram, to your liking. Take off the pan and thinly slice, put aside.
In a wok, stirfry 1 red onion (cut in wedges), 1 garlic clove (thinly sliced), a 3cm piece of ginger (cut in matchsticks) and 1 red chilli (finely sliced). Stirfry for 1 minute.
Add the brocolini ( cut in 3rds and stems halved length ways) also add a splash of water. add the bok choy (approx 4, cut length ways into quarters) add another splash of water.
In a cup combine 3 tbspns soy sauce, 1 tbs worstechire, 1 tbsp sweet chilli sauce. add to the stirfry and return steak to pan. stir fry for 1 minute!!
Serve with 1/2 cup basmati rice each :)
Cant wait to make this tonight, so dam tasty!!
So Im really looking forward to a good week, on a personal note, the week has started of great, Paul finally started rendering our fence and I started on the herb garden, this morning we received some very promising news regarding a medical issue with my father, my little gremlin Taya laughed for the first time today; a constant loud cackling laugh! and lastly its my birthday Thursday and we are celebrating Saturday with a barbeque at our house which is also going to be a bit of a family reunion!
Hopefully the scales will also reflect what is shaping up to be a great week!
See you in the gym and maybe even running the big block!!
xx
